NUR 2063/NUR2063 EXAM 1 |
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 | 200+
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | RATED A+ | RASMUSSEN
What is epidemiology?
- Correct Answer - study of the patterns of disease involving
populations. Based on the spread and contact of diseases in
people.
What are the levels of disease prevention?
- Correct Answer - Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Explain Primary Prevention
- Correct Answer - "Preventing"; altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure of disease for people.
Examples of Primary Prevention
- Correct Answer - Vaccinations and Handwashing
,Explain Secondary Prevention
- Correct Answer - "Screening"; early detection, screening, and
management of disease to catch disease early before it
spreads
Examples of Secondary Prevention
- Correct Answer - PAP smears for STDs, lab work for HBA1C
check, mammogram
Explain Tertiary Prevention
- Correct Answer - "Treating" and preventing further
complications from a disorder or disease after the person has
the condition
Examples of Tertiary Prevention
- Correct Answer - Rehab for hip surgery, relearning ADL's after
amputation, Wound care after stroke to prevent pressure
ulcers.
What is homeostasis?
,- Correct Answer - a state of equilibrium in which all body
systems are in balance and the body is at its most optimal in
functioning. Stable.
What is allostasis?
- Correct Answer - ability to successfully adapt to challenges. It
is not a balance but an attempt to adapt to achieve
homeostasis. Example: sweating to lower ones body temp.
Stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome
- Correct Answer - alarm, resistance, exhaustion
Explain alarm stage of general adaptation syndrome
- Correct Answer - Where the sympathetic nervous system is
activated due to stress. Fight or Flight responses are activated
and energy is given off by the HPA axis to flee or fight the
danger ahead. Blood must be redirected to vital organs in this
stage to give the organs energy to work.
Explain Resistance stage of general adaptation syndrome
, - Correct Answer - the activity of the Parasympathetic Nervous
system and the endocrine system to return the body to
homeostasis. The body should ultimately adapt to the stressor.
Explain the exhaustion stage of general adaptation syndrome
- Correct Answer - Occurs when the stressor is not removed or
overcome in the body. The body can no longer return to
homeostasis after prolonged exposure to stressor. It causes the
body to be depleted and damaged that can lead to disease or
death.
What is Pathophysiology
- Correct Answer - is the study of what happens when the
normal anatomy and physiology go wrong, causing disorder
and disease process of the human body.
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